Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2302 – General provisions
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1. Deduction for each day in execution of sentence of imprisonment. An individual committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections or a jail whose sentence of imprisonment has commenced pursuant to section 2303 must receive a day-for-day deduction from that individual’s sentence of imprisonment for each day the individual is in execution of that sentence. This day-for-day deduction may not be withdrawn. Prior to the day-for-day deduction being given, the sentence must first be reduced by any deduction for time detained to which the individual is entitled pursuant to section 2305.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2302
- Jail: means a county or regional jail. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2301
- Sentence of imprisonment: means :
2. Start of consecutive sentence. A consecutive sentence may not begin until the sentence involving imprisonment that the consecutive sentence immediately follows in time has been fully served.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3. Application of deduction for concurrent sentences. While an individual is in execution of concurrent sentences pursuant to subsection 1, a day-for-day deduction must be accorded on all the sentences simultaneously.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
4. Application of deduction for consecutive sentences. While an individual is in execution of a consecutive sentence pursuant to subsection 1, a day-for-day deduction may be accorded on only one sentence at a time.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).